On This Date in Minnesota History: May 29

May 29, 1905 – Fred Coryell, a long-time employee and switch engineer on the Duluth & Iron Range railroad, was run over and killed at Murray (a railway station five miles east of Tower¹) this evening. He was taking a switch engine from Ely to Tower junction for the night’s work, and a hot box on the pony truck of the engine caused him to stop at Murray to cool it with water. While doing so he crawled partly under the engine, and while the fireman was carrying the water to him the engine started to move, and before Coryell could escape, he was run over and killed instantly. The remains will be taken to his home in Two Harbors tomorrow. The deceased was about 40 years old and leaves a wife and one child.

Duluth Evening Herald; “Engineer Is Killed on Iron Range Road. Fred Coryell Run Over By a Switch Engine at Murray.”; May 30, 1905; p. 1.

¹Upham, Warren; Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Historic Significance; Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minn., 1969); p. 22.

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